weizhouapache commented on issue #12169: URL: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/12169#issuecomment-3603708627
> It's not possible to guarantee a template will always be around and it's a waste of space to keep older templates. you can force-delete the template. the vm instances created from it will not be impacted. the image of vm instance is created from a base image which is the template image. if the vm instance is linked to another vm template which might cause some issues, for example - the base image is removed from primary storage as ACS thinks the template is not used by vm instance - volume migration might cause data corruption -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
